In movies such as My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant brought to the screen the lives of those on the edge. And while his 1995 project with Nicole Kidman in To Die For was a critical success, it was his Oscar®-nominated work as director of Good Will Hunting that put Gus on the map.

Gus' latest film, Milk, is based on the life of Harvey Milk, the first self-identified gay man to be elected to public office in California.